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angina

angĭna (for the quantity of the pen., v. the foll. examples, and cf. Wagner ad Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 139 (540)), ae, f. [ἀγχόνη; v. ango].
  • I The quinsy, as suffocating: Insperato abiit quam unā angina sustulit horā, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 35, 9: Sues moriuntur angĭnā acri acerrume, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 139 (540): Angĭna verŏ sibi mixtum sale poscit acetum, Ser. Samm. 282; Cels. 2, 10; 4, 4; Plin. 23, 2, 29, § 61 al.: anginam vinariam habere dicuntur, qui vino suffocantur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 28 Müll.—
  • II Trop.: angina mentis, distress of mind, produced by physical disease, Tert. Anim. 48.

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